Dream of My Lady in a Summer Day
A poetic fragment portrays a speaker visioning a ideal beloved as God shapes her form. The lines evoke cleansing from night’s ills and a bond bound by nature, mountain streams, and eternal love.
14 Sep 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1881
Page
1
A poetic fragment portrays a speaker visioning a ideal beloved as God shapes her form. The lines evoke cleansing from night’s ills and a bond bound by nature, mountain streams, and eternal love.
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A string of aphorisms on adversity memory and virtue emphasizes self reflection. Thoughts touch on fortune, misfortune, generosity, and the danger of flattery while urging focus on present blessings and prudent restraint.
A collection of century old prohibitions shows Puritan style restrictions. Quakers or dissenters cannot vote for magistrates, Sabbath offenses include travel work and even shaving. Other entries forbid ministers running schools and children seized from parents. A drunkard fines and public shaming are noted alongside theft penalties.
An early 15e box of Rengh on Rata promises to keep a house free from flies mosquitoes rats and mice and claims a universal cure for illness. It touts Well' Health Renewer as a remedy for liver or kidney trouble and digestion with a claimed one hundred percent cure and lists Druggists and Capt Swormestedt Co. as sellers priced at $1.00.
A fragmented notice describes millions of rats killed by collision with Rough on Rats, with references to mace cats and bed huts and sales through druggists in October.
A scratchy, fragmented OCR passage presents a collage of colonial era speech and local scenes. It includes a slave dialogue about affliction, pastry shop banter, a reference to scrofula and a cure, a kitchen scene with baking, a husband and wife exchange, and a barber anecdote with a punchline about ends of hair.
The Committee on Internal Harmony proposes maxims including Adversity makes heroes and Misery loves company. Gardner suggests most maxims are impractical and urges delaying to send them to a public body. Detroit Free Press notes the discussion and intent to file for future action.
In a Louisville hotel a seasoned planter proposes marriage to a famous actress. She demands a year on stage and tobacco use, while he balks at quitting. after a dramatic exchange he agrees to a compromise on acting but not tobacco. He leaves in anger and she never sees him again.
A column of comical jests and patent medicine pitches includes claims that Kidney-Wort cures chronic ailments and constipation, plus anecdotes about a preacher and sly quips about taxes and candies. It ends with a Liver Pills solicitation by J. E. G. F. Harper.
A scrambled mix of quips and jokes on everyday life and people. It weaves puns about dogs, lovers, and social customs with remarks on manners, marriage, fools, and fortunes. The collection blends humorous maxims with character sketches and absurdities.
If you feel weak or languid use Frazier's Bitters. If your face is flabby or complexion sallow, take Frazier's Bitters. In malarial districts or after late hours, use Frazier's Root Bitters. Sold to druggists everywhere for 31 cents per bottle by Henry & Davies Cleveland Ohio.
A Cleveland reader cites Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for chronic piles. The ad claims quick relief within minutes, soothing itching and absorbing tumours, with endorsements from Hon J M Coffinberry of Cleveland. Available from St Henry Davies, Cleveland.
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